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Delaware Elevator, Inc.401(k)

DELAWARE ELEVATOR, INC. RETIREMENT PLAN · SALISBURY, MD · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.59%

Peer grade: C · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

Delaware Elevator, Inc. reported $202,531 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.59% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,256 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.43% to 0.59%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other construction employers. By assets it is the 405th-largest of 1,671 plans among Maryland employers on file, and the 1,318th of 5,337 in construction. In 2024, employees put in $2.12 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 387 to 446 since 2021.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$37,037,787
Participants with balances471
Active participants446
Employer contributions$1,005,969
Employee contributions$2,136,224
Employer contribution per active participant$2,256
Average account balance$78,636
Benefits paid to participants$2,181,348
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorSMITH, ELLIOTT, KEARNS & COMPANY
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$37.0M · 471 accts · $1.0M emplr
2023$31.8M · 435 accts · $916K emplr
2022$24.1M · 409 accts · $847K emplr
2021$20.1M · 394 accts · $778K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$21,181
Investment management$95,378
Audit (IQPA)$45,000
Total administrative$202,531
The Delaware Elevator, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,256
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,256 per active participant
2023$1,921 per active participant
2022$2,172 per active participant
2021$2,010 per active participant

Delaware Elevator, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20247
ARKADIOS CAPITAL · Investment advisory (plan)$56,627
SMITH ELLIOTT KEARNS & COMPANY, LLC$45,000
LPL FINANCIAL RPCP · Investment advisory (plan)$34,351
THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC. · Loan processing$33,751
ASSOCIATED BENEFIT PLANNERS, LTD. · Loan processing$28,402
LINCOLN FINANCIAL ADVISORS · Investment advisory (plan)$4,400
ASCENSUSindirect comp

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Administrative cost history4
2024$202,531 · 0.59%
2023$120,529 · 0.43%
2022$99,009 · 0.45%
2021$94,780 · 0.43%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 521193017 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.